# What movie was this?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-was-this/603403>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [November 19, 2011, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-was-this/603403 "2011-11-19T00:50:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2011, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-was-this/603403/1 "2011-11-19T00:50:37Z")

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There’s an alien loose in the small town, and there’s a kid trying to discover it with his friends who are trying to make a home-made film. It was kinda ETish? Semi-recent?

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**Author:** ![Kolga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e56c9b/32.png) [@Kolga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolga)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2011, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-was-this/603403/2 "2011-11-19T00:53:14Z")

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[Super 8](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1650062/)

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**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2011, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-was-this/603403/3 "2011-11-19T00:54:45Z")

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> [@Kolga](#):
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> [Super 8](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1650062/)

YES! THANK YOU! IT WAS BURNING MY BRAIN!

I feel bad for using a thread for this. :dubious: Thanks! 😃

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**Author:** ![Kolga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e56c9b/32.png) [@Kolga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolga)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2011, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-was-this/603403/4 "2011-11-19T00:57:00Z")

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You’re welcome. I couldn’t remember the exact name for a minute, and almost typed “8MM.” Which is a VERY different film 🙂

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**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2011, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-was-this/603403/5 "2011-11-19T06:13:07Z")

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I blogged one of my patently vague movie reviews for this film, which I really did enjoy. [Super 8. It’s super!](http://threateningloveletters.blogspot.com/2011/06/super-8-its-super.html)

I liked it for two reasons:

1. Hands down best train wreck on film ever.
2. The airing of their zombie movie during the credits.